ESOn4005 Sociology of the Family

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Martin Kreidl, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Martin Kreidl, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Ing. Soňa Enenkelová
Supplier department: Department of Sociology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Mon 10:00–11:40 3.70
Prerequisites
SOUHLAS
Elementary background in sociological theory and methodology as well as in basic demographic facts about modern families, preferably in a comparative perspectives. This course elaborates on selected topics from SOCn6202 "Population studies". This is an MA-level course building upon earlier training. If you think that your background might not be sufficient, take SOCn4003 ("Quantitative research") and SOCn6203 ("Advanced methods of demographic analysis") first.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/10
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Course objectives
Course serves as (partial) preparation for the MA State exam in the elective field "Population studies". Covers basic topics from the field, including family formation and dissolution, household organization, and inequality between as well as within households.
Learning outcomes
Students are familiar with major current theoretical and empirical debates in the field of the sociology of the family and can position them within overall developments in sociology
Students can analyze and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of individual conceptual approaches, methodological tools and data sources that are common in the fields of the sociological study of contemporary family
Students can identify the limits of the sociological knowledge of contemporary families
Students can formulate research questions that would guide cutting-edge sociological research on the family
Students can – for specific research questions – identify relevant data sources and find appropriate methodological tools to analyze them
Students can produce empirical analyses of particular phenomena in the field
Syllabus
  • history of the family
  • new families: cohabitation, step-families,...
  • family and the life course
  • organization of households and division of labor in families
  • sex and reproduction
  • intergenerational relationships
  • divorce and separation
  • family and inequality
Literature
    required literature
  • CHERLIN, Andrew J. Public & private families : an introduction. 7th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2013, xxiii, 523. ISBN 9780078026676. info
  • Handbook of population. Edited by Dudley L. Poston - Michael Micklin. New York: Springer, 2006, xiii, 918. ISBN 0387257020. info
    recommended literature
  • LIVI BACCI, Massimo. A concise history of world population. 5th ed. Malden Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, xiv, 271. ISBN 9780470673201. info
  • POSTON, Dudley L. and Leon F. BOUVIER. Population and society : an introduction to demography. 1st ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, xv, 456. ISBN 9780521872874. info
  • CHERLIN, Andrew J. Public and private families : a reader. Sixth edition. New York: McGraw-Hill companies, 2010, x, 358. ISBN 9780073404363. info
  • CHERLIN, Andrew J. The marriage-go-round : the state of marriage and the family in America today. First Vintage Books edition. New York: Vintage books, a division of Random House, 2010, 271 stran. ISBN 9780307386380. info
  • CHERLIN, Andrew J. Marriage, divorce, remarriage. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard university press, 1981, xiv, 142. ISBN 0674550811. info
Teaching methods
lectures, seminars, class discussion, reading, homework
Assessment methods
written tests (open questions), final analytical paper, seminar presentation(s)
Language of instruction
English
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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